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The Will to Believe, Human Immortality
by William James Publisher Comments Two books bound together, from religious period of one of the most renowned and representative thinkers. Written for laymen, thus easy to understand, it is penetrating and brilliant as well. Illuminations of age-old religious questions from a pragmatic...
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Very Short Introductions #43: Continental Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
by Simon Critchley Publisher Comments In this enlightening new Very Short Introduction, Simon Critchley shows us that Continental philosophy encompasses a distinct set of philosophical traditions and practices, with a compelling range of problems all too often ignored by the analytic...
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Suffering, Suicide and Immortality: Eight Essays from the Parerga (Dover Philosophical Classics)
by Arthur Schopenhauer Publisher Comments One of the greatest philosophers of the 19th century, Schopenhauer is best known for his writings on pessimism. In this 1851 essay collection, he offers concise statements of the unifying principles of his thinking. These essays offer an accessible...
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Republic
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Critique of Pure Reason (03 Edition)
by Kant Publisher Comments One of the cornerstone books of Western philosophy, here is Kant's seminal treatise, where he seeks to define the nature of reason itself and builds his own unique system of philosophical thought with an approach known as transcendental idealism. He...
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The Bhagavad-Gita: Krishna's Counsel in Time of War (Bantam Classics)
by Barbara Miller Publisher Comments "The Bhagavad-Gita" has been an essential text of Hindu culture in India since the time of its composition in the first century A.D. One of the great classics of world literature, it has inspired such diverse thinkers as Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma...
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Closer To Truth Challenging Current Beli
by Robert L Kuhn Synopsis Fifty internationally renowned scientists and scholars challenge all manner of current belief, from general consciousness to the Big Bang, in this official companion volume to the groundbreaking new PBS series....
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Federalist Papers
by Alexander Hamilton Publisher Comments Originally published anonymously, The Federalist Papers first appeared in 1787 as a series of letters to New York newspapers exhorting voters to ratify the proposed Constitution of the United States. Still hotly debated, and open to often controversial...
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Fear and Trembling
by Soren Kierkegaard Publisher Comments The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguins Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of historys most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the...
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Nietzsche Within Your Grasp: The First Step to Understanding Nietzsche - Study Notes
by Shelley O'hara Publisher Comments Philosophy’ s greatest luminaries brought down to earth. <P> "Nietzsche Within Your Grasp" offers fast, easy access to the life and works of one of history’ s most influential, iconoclastic philosophers. In fewer than 100 pages,...
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Of Empire
by Francis Bacon Publisher Comments The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguins Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of historys most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the...
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for Everyone and No One (Penguin Classics)
by Friedrich Nietzsche Synopsis The ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends from the mountains to tell the world that God is dead and that Superman, the human embodiment of divinity, is his successor. Nietzsche argues that the meaning of existence is not religious....
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The Story of Philosophy
by Will Durant Publisher Comments "Dr. Durant's outline includes not only lucid explanations of the great philosophies, but the careers of the philosophers and interpretations based upon the two-fold view, together with a host of good tales and merry quips by and about famous scholars...
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The Problems of Philosophy
by Bertrand Russell Publisher Comments Bertrand Russell was one of the greatest logicians since Aristotle, and one of the most important philosophers of the past two hundred years. As we approach the 125th anniversary of the Nobel laureate's birth, his works continue to spark debate...
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Harper Torchbooks #4: Purity of Heart: Is to Will One Thing
by Soren Kierkegaard Publisher Comments Chapter OneMan and the Eternal Father in Heaven! What is a man without Thee! What is all that he knows, vast accumulation though it be, but a chipped fragment if he does not know Thee! What is all his striving, could it even encompass a world, but a half-...
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Aristotle
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Reconstruction in Philosophy (04 Edition)
by John Dewey Publisher Comments "A modern classic. Dewey's lectures have lost none of their vigor...The historical approach, which underlay the central argument, is beautifully exemplified in his treatments of the origin of philosophy."--Philosophy and Phenomenological Research "It...
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Power Politics
by Arundhati Roy Publisher Comments Arundhati Roy, the author of The God of Small Things, explores the politics of writing and the price of "development" driven by profit. Roy challenges the idea that only "experts" can speak out on such urgent matters as nuclear war, the human costs of...
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Common Sense
by Thomas Paine Synopsis Published anonymously in 1776 - the year of the American Declaration of Independence - Paine's "Common Sense" became an immediate bestseller. More than any other factor, it was this pamphlet which sparked off the movement that established the...
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Basic Political Writings
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